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l"""!''- ' " " ■"•ii""-< i|ii<-<tion, th.' .•x|H.|i.n.r of .Mir South Afri.an' tr..ul.l..M liMs;{i\,ti it

.III iini«irtaiic.' aito;;..tli,r ii.-w and soim-what ^tartlin;.'. It lias now Umii clrarlv sliow,;
that tiiK.ps uiiilrr iii.h|,.|ii romlitioiis of wartaiv must !»• alilr to mov.' laj.idlv from plac-
to pia.f, ati<l that thf iii.aintiMJ soMirr iias thus an iiiiiiii'iis.' a.lvaiitiv"' <"'V<'r thi- less
iiioliiii' infantry man.

This .lev.. lopiiiMiit has lr.| tothr piir.has,. I,y the Miitisli ( loMTiimrnt, liiiriii;.' tin-

pri-scnt campaign, I. f a \.'ry i 'h laiu.'i- iiumlx'r of horses than woiiM othrrwis.. hav.-

U'..n ivc|iiiiv.l. N..r has tiic I..ss,,m l„.,.„ |,.ariir.i hv Hritain aloiie ; all militarv nations
hav." iH'fii rioscly "atchiii;; the oiH.rations in South Africa, ami thfiv is n.i"r.«.iii for
.loulit. that th.' ;;.'iirial ih'maml for horses siiitahle for arniv purposes will U' much
ureater in the future than in the past. < >f the horses puichas...! for use in Africa the
Doiiiinioii has l,y no means furiiish.Hl her fair share, altliou<.'li in adilitioii to tlios.- taken
hy our own eontiiij.'ents, a considerahle niimU'r have Ix-eii picke.| iiii in hjistern Caiiailu
hy I.t. Col. hent of th.' Iteiiiount Kepartment of the Hritish Aiiiiv. It is ii..f, however,
an easy matter at present to ohtuin in this countrv aiiv lai'Ke iiuiiiImm- of liorsel
altop'ther siiitahle for army use. No eiieoura),'eiiieiit t.i priHiiice them has, until very

recently. U'eii shown to hieeilers. aii.l there U^iii;; ii.. \erv active home d ami for anv

hut the very U'st of the sorts now asked for, they haw not Ueli hied to anvthili;; like
the extent of which the country is .apahle. .\fter the visit of Colonel Havenhill in
1N."'7 the western ranchers, in exiie-tatioii of a market, went to much ticuhle and ex-
pense in seeurinj; ami iiiii.oitiiiK suitahle foundation sto,'k. and as a result were succes.s-
ful III prckluciiit; many first class cavalry h..ise.s. As however, U'Vond a limited iiuiii
IxT tak.'ii hy the North west .Mounted Police ami a few hv foivi|.'n'l)uyers, there was no
sale for them a.s such, till- l.reedeis have laij,'ely turned 'their attent'ioii to other and.

under the circumstances >re prolitalile lines of stock.

The natural conditions in Canada ;ire, it need hardlv he said, most favourahle for
the i)roductioii of the animals wanted, while in the event of serious international dis-
turhance Canadian horses would always he availahle tor lm|ierial use while it miirlit Ik-
iinpossihle to procure them in foreign countries. Ajraiii, throuj;h the medium of our
t'lvat tians-contineiital railway they could he shippi'd from either Atlantic or Pacific^
ports to any jmrt of the world where they inii;ht lie ie.|uir(Kl.

In view of the .stroll]!.' prohahility that the dem.ind hitherto lacking will in the
future 1m' such as to warrant the hreedin;; in fair numlM'rs of the horses needeil for
military use, a hrief description of those now heinj,' .souj.'ht for and i-urchased hv the
a-eiits of the Hritish war . tlice, ami a few hints as to how thev mav he pr.xluced.' will
not he out of place.

They are of three fairly distinct tyjK's as rei|uired for artilhVv, cavalrv and iiioiint»'(l
infantry.

At the Canadian horse show held in Toronto in April, I'.KMl, the l>oniiniori
• ioverimient ;.'ave special prizes for each of these classes, and as Lt.Col. Dent, tin-

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tr..t t.i- fill- stiul |.iii-|M.-..-, \'n- .l.f...-t l..iim \.Ty apiiari'tit in that h.ns.-. Thi- is an
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ci.tisi.l.Tahl.. I.'iiulh ami ^'i-i'at suli-tan.-.'. Mi- m.'asun'iiii'iits «.'i-c as f.ill.i" s : h-'iiiht
l."i-.i, .-aiim.ii li'im- > im-lii.-, arm L' 1 in.-li..-, rri'-t t.> witliffs :i7 im-h.'s, withfis li. i-ini].
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li.ii--..- "f llii- -taiiil) rail lu'-t li.. |ir.H-iii.'.l liy thi' iisf of si-I.tIi-.I Th.ir..UL'lil'ii'il
nIi-.'s "11 sti-.iiii.' halt hi-.-.l iiiai-i'-, "ii the li.'tt.-r rla— .if i-.ia.lsl..i- mail-. ..r .m man's fi"iii
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lliuklicy lioisr iiiij.'lil lie ;i(lMiiitin;(Mmslv ust'<|.

THK MOl NTRl) INFANTHY MOIISK.

Till' nioiintcd intiiTitry liiusc t'nr wliicli svicli ,iii iiii]ii<'C('(l<>iiti'(l i|(^n;inii h;is rcrciitly
tu'isc'ii and wliicli is likely to In' cvi-n iiiiifc s(pii;;lit after it' iircsiMit war cnriditiiins
(■ >riti.>ui' til jiri'Viiil, is 'i siiialli-r and clicaiirr atiimal tliaii fitliiT of tliosi- alicadv
dcscrilH'd. He is in fart ;i col), a stronj; |ioiiy on short le;,'s, with as iiiueh iiuality as can
consistently 1m' liKiked for in conjunction with the siihstance iec|uiie(l to caiiv an armed
man. Ilenuist lia\eafair shouldei- and a ^o<kI lia<'k, he deep tluouj;li the heart and
stand si|iiarely on ;;o(k1 le^'s well furnished with Imiiic. In hei;;ht he nuiy l)e from 111
to |.")|, hut It-.! is the favo\irite standard with I.t. Col. Dent. Strenj;tli is tlie ^neat
desideratinn hut a reasonahle amount of acti\itv is indispensable.

The little horse ' Hero which took first, prize in Toronto, stood l.")l. measured ",'
inches Ix-low the knee and I'.t.', round the arm : from crest to withers he was .'U inches,
withers to croup J" inches, croup to tail I'l inches. He itirthed "'i inches anil as the
mi'asurements show, was an excellent type of the weif.'lit carryini; coh. Such horses
can he ohtained hy a stout Tlioroui,'hl>re(l sire fiom French Canadinnor otlici' stronj;
pony mares, or hy the judicious use of the Hackney horse on the smallei- roadsters and
on thosi' little mares too connuon in Canada, resultinit from the ill advised use of the
raciiiir or rather splinting' type of Tliorou;;lil(reil on lijiht mares of trotiin;,' lilood or other
mixed hri'edin;;.

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In times of peace no horses are l)ou<;ht at less than four noi' more than se\en vears
old.

As ref,'ards colour, hays, hiowns, chestiuits and hiacks are prefeired : a few itravs
lire re<|uired for special corps, hut imIiI coloured horses are not wanted.

No unsound or- seriously lilemished horse will Ix' taken ; the veteiinarv examination
is fairly sti-ict hut is also strictly fair. I'li docked horses ai-e preferred and no Ikiinc
with a very short diH-ked tail will he taken.

In time of war, however, when tlu- demand, as a rule, exceeds the availahle su)vplv,
jiurchasini; otlicers overl<«ik many minor defects, piovided the animals oU'ei'ed are sound
and serviceahle, while conforminu' ;,'enerally to the re(|uirenients of the ser\ ice.

AHVICK TO HI{KKI>KKS.

Hreedeis on the Western ranges will, no doubt, tind it ]irotitalile from this time

forward, to devot nsiilerahle attention to the iiroduction of horses es]vecia!lv adajited

for militaiv use.

In the other jHirtions of the Dominion the supply of such Iiotscs can be eni>rm(aislv
increased with but little extra efTort or expense on the part of the breeder.

Innneiise numbers of lij;ht horses and |>onies are aiinually bred in Canada of
"Inch, many when <.'i'own are, owinjr to their noil de- cript character, of but little \alue.
If the breedi'rs of these animals would send their Ii; lit<'r mares to pure bred stallions, of
the Hritish breeds, intellii,'eritly selected with a view to the ]iroduition of a delinile tvpe
of mili'ary horse, a vast improvement in our cleandei;j,'ed stock would s]ieedilv manifest
itself.

Hifih prices would then as now be easily obtainable for' r'eally supcr'ioi- animals;
most of the other's would tirrd I'eady sale for' ai'rriv use as well as foi- other' |iui'poscs,
while the misfits and object lessons wiaild U' less irumei'ous and, except by compar'isim.
not less valuable, than they ai'e at laesent.

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